Mr. Carlson was appointed to serve as a member of our Board upon consummation of our acquisition of substantially all of the assets of National By-Products, LLC (NBP) in May 2006. From January 1990 until May 2006, Mr. Carlson served as chairman of NBP. Mr. Carlson also served as NBP’s President and Chief Executive Officer from January 1990 until January 2001. He served in several other positions at NBP from 1964 through 1989. |